East Timor Legal News 28 July 2012 This is a brief summary of the changes on the composition of the East Timor National Parliament following the 2012 legislative elections and a comparison with the results from the 2007 election.
2007 Election
In the 2007/2012 Parliament, the following parties had the following number of seats:
Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor
(Frente Revolucionária do Timor-Leste Independente) 21 seats
National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction
(Congresso Nacional da Reconstrução Timorense) 18 seats
Social Democratic Party
(Partido Social Democrata) &
Timorese Social Democratic Association
(Associaçao Social-Democratica de Timor) 11 seats
Democratic Party (Partido Democrático) 8 seats
National Unity Party (Partido Unidade Nacional) 3 seats
Democratic Alliance (Aliança Democratica)
Association of Timorese Heroes (Klibur Oan Timor Asuwain)
People's Party of Timor (Partido do Povo de Timor) 2 seats
National Unity of Timorese Resistance
(União Nacional Democrática de Resistência Timorense) 2 seats
Out of those 9 parties that held seats in the Parliament during the 2007-2012 term, only 3 survived the 2012 election with one new party gaining seats. The 2012-2017 Parliament will be composed of the following parties:
2012 Election
National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction
(Congresso Nacional da Reconstrução Timorense) 30 seats
Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor
(Frente Revolucionária do Timor-Leste Independente) 25 seats
Democratic Party (Partido Democrático) 8 seats
Frente Mundanca 2 seats
The Social Democratic Party, the Timorese Social Democratic Association, the National Unity Party, and the Democratic Alliance comprised of the Association of Timorese Heroes and the People's Party of Timor were completely annihilated at the 2012 election.
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